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The patriarch of the Xiao Chen family is Chen Zeqi, the father of Chen Guangrong.The prosperity of the Xiao Chen family is naturally closely related to the foundation laid by the predecessors, but the Xiao Chen family has grown extremely fast in the past ten years. This is all due to Chen Zeqi. In order to revitalize the Xiao Chen family, he almost He does everything he can, and he often says: As long as I can get enough benefits, let alone my wife, even I can give up myself.

People with this kind of consciousness can almost do everything they do.However, the Xiaochen family has a fatal weakness, that is, this family not only has no scholars, but also no clan elders.Although the old Chen family has no scholars, at least there are still two patriarchs at the helm, and the old Chen family has a strong heritage, and it will definitely survive for two or three hundred years without declining. At that time, most of them will have their own scholars up.

But the disadvantages of the Xiaochen family are obvious. It doesn't mean that as long as a person is old, he can be the elder of the clan.At least until you have enough talent, and you have to live beyond the age of 60, you are eligible.Although Chen Zeqi is indeed very talented, he has worked too hard for his family. Now his health is getting worse and worse. Whether he can live past 60 years old is another matter.

Chen Zeqi's fight is not only for his family, but also for himself.He hopes that his descendants can inherit the position of patriarch, but the eldest son, Chen Guangrong, is too muddy to support the wall. Fortunately, although the youngest son, Chen Guangxin, is still young, he is quite clever in his behavior. Ben, it's not too difficult.

But some time ago, after the eldest son Chen Guangrong came back from the barbarian land, he changed a lot. He became calm and willing to help the family.

He was quite relieved that his son had improved, which was definitely a good thing.But before he was happy for a few days, he received a piece of bad news.The salt road that Chen Zeyi had worked so hard to open in the barbarian land was suddenly interrupted, and he hadn't sent snow salt for a month, which made him very vigilant.Someone has been sent to find out what's going on.

Snow salt sells very well in Heluo City. There are a lot of rich people here. When the snow salt arrives here, the cost price has more than tripled.The income from the Snow Salt business alone is enough to feed the entire Chen family, with a slight surplus.Speaking of which, he had to admire his sixth younger brother, Chen Zeyi, who was indeed a genius in business. If he hadn't used some tricks to make the sixth younger brother make some mistakes when he was young, and the sixth younger brother was not the eldest son, maybe the son of the patriarch Bit, it's really not my turn.

Many aristocratic families are inquiring about the origin of Xiao Chen's snow salt, they only know that it comes from the barbarians.But no one knew exactly what was going on. In order to ensure that they could enjoy the business exclusively and not allow people from other families to get involved, Chen Zeqi kept the matter a secret.Even Huilian's father and the fifth younger brother didn't know what kind of things they got in exchange for their daughter's marriage. They only knew that they had exchanged a lot of gold dollars.

Now the snow salt business has accounted for more than half of the monthly profit for Xiao Chen's family, so there is no room for loss in this business.But at this time, there was something wrong with Yanlu. When he was so worried that his hair was turning gray, he heard the news that Huilian had appeared at home.

This is not bad!Chen Zeqi reckoned that it was probably Huilian who fled back to Heluo City from the barbarian land, which cut off the way for the nobles on the barbarian side. He hurriedly brought ten people over, intending to put Huilian under house arrest again.Let the sixth younger brother Chen Zeyi send Huilian back, and at the same time bring generous gifts to make amends, and must get the business of Yanlu back.

As a result, as soon as he came to the fifth brother, he first saw his fifth brother holding a piece of rice paper full of words in his hand.He didn't see Hui Lian, and thought she was hidden, but when he was about to get angry, he saw Chen Xiansong and Bai Qianxin.

Bai Qianxin was so beautiful, Chen Tongqi exclaimed in his heart, then shifted his gaze to Chen Xiansong, and then was taken aback for a moment.As the patriarch, he naturally knew who Huilian married, a scholar who was 'traveled' in a barbarian land, and according to the statement of the sixth younger brother Chen Zeyi, this scholar should have been secretly sent outside by the old Chen family for 'protection' It is very likely that he has the talent in war science.

"Chen Xiansong, Mr. Chen?" Chen Zeqi stared at Chen Xiansong for a while, and asked with some uncertainty.

He has seen the portrait brought back by his sixth brother Chen Zeyi, the ink painting of the Kingdom of Cathay, which emphasizes a similarity. Under the insistence of these painters, all celebrities and good people almost all look alike; all villains, murderers, and murderers, They all have beards and hair, eyes like bells, and big mouths, almost all carved out of the same mold.

But what is even more amazing is the arresters of the Cathay Kingdom. They hold these abstract portraits of prisoners, and they can actually catch prisoners according to the pictures from time to time. This is extremely rare.

In the portrait that Chen Zeyi got back, Chen Xiansong looked similar to Yan Shengren. If Chen Xiansong had seen that painting, he would be speechless. He is clearly a young man with short hair, but in the portrait, he has long hair in a ponytail. Then a young man in a scholar's uniform.But Chen Zeqi recognized Chen Xiansong just because of this picture of a bull's head and a horse's mouth.

"It's Xiaosheng, may I ask who you are?" Chen Xiansong stood up and clasped his fists.

Chen Zeqi was overjoyed. It was the best thing to see the rightful owner. He waved his hand and asked the guards behind him to leave. Since it was Chen Xiansong, it was normal for Huilian to follow him. .

He stood up in front of Chen Xiansong, and then glanced at the paper in Chen Zeqing's hand strangely, but because there were guests, he held back his curiosity, and then he said to Chen Xiansong: "Mr. Chen , I have heard about you for a long time, you are as handsome as I imagined, and you are amazing, since you are here, why don't you come to my house, I have some things, and I want to talk to you in detail. "

"You mean about the salt road?" Chen Xiansong laughed.

Chen Zeqi's expression was a bit ugly. He didn't expect Chen Xiansong to be so straightforward. Moreover, Chen Zeqing didn't know who his daughter married to. If he said it here, he would definitely ask for more benefits after knowing the truth of the matter. .Thinking of this, he turned his eyes to the side, and sure enough, Chen Zeqing already had a look of suspicion on his face.

"It's a bit inconvenient here, there are too many people talking." Chen Zeqi chuckled.

And Chen Xiansong looked outside. The ten guards just now were far away, and there were no maids or servants nearby. You brothers, me and sister Qianxin. Are you saying that my father-in-law is an outsider, or that my sister Qianxin is an outsider. This matter needs to be clarified!"

Hearing Chen Xiansong's 'stunned' words, Chen Zeqi's face almost wrinkled in worry. He wondered if this person in front of him was a scholar, and he couldn't hear the meaning of his words?However, the current situation could not help him to hesitate.He felt that the fifth younger brother's sight had pierced like a needle.

"It turns out that the servants have gone far away, and I didn't notice it for a while." Chen Zeqi pretended to glance at the door behind him once or twice, and then sat down where Huilian was just now, and then said: "Chen My son, since you are quick to talk, I will not hide my arms anymore. The snow salt business has been suspended for almost a month, but you appeared in Heluo City and did not stay in that... Kate Kingdom, yes Didn't something happen by accident?"

"No accidents. I just came back to relax and meet my father-in-law casually." Chen Xiansong replied slowly: "Huishi Village is still my territory, and snow salt is still being produced. Everything is normal, the only thing that is not normal. It's Chen Guangde, he did a very bad thing, so I decided to break off the cooperation with your Chen family."

"Mr. Chen, this is not right. Even if Chen Guangde made a thousand mistakes, you shouldn't cut off the snow salt business." Chen Zeqi said with some righteous indignation: "As a human being, we only pay attention to the word 'trust'. No more, we will still do business in the future, so I hope you will think about it again, and don't break the relationship between our two families just because of a trivial matter. As for Chen Guangde, I will find time to punish him properly. "

"Wait, what are you talking about? What are the salt roads? What does this matter have to do with my son? Didn't he go to other provinces to open up business sources? Why did he go to a barbarian land again? It seems that he still has conflicts with his son-in-law ?”

Chen Xiansong looked at his father-in-law strangely: "Brother-in-law Chen Guangde has come to Kate Kingdom and is responsible for taking over the snow salt business. As a father, you don't know?"

"No one told me about this!" Chen Zeqing looked puzzled: "When he was assigned by the elder brother to do business in other provinces, I was still purchasing food in Sumen County. When I came back, he had been away for more than ten days. Now, what is going on, it seems that you are hiding something from me, son-in-law, you have to tell me about it."

Chen Zeqing's face was also a little ugly.

Chen Xiansong looked at the two brothers, then shook his head and said, "It's hard for an upright official to break up housework. I don't care about your affairs, and I don't want to interfere. This morning, I want to tell you, Patriarch Chen Zeqi, that Chen Guangde has done something very bad." I was very angry about the matter, I didn't kill him, I was already merciful, how could I leave the snow salt business to you again, to be honest, with the way you are now, brothers can't even say a word No, I don't want to be with you in the future, lest I be sold by you one day and I don't know. Lian let go, I can think about it."

As Huilian's man, Chen Xiansong will not want to force Huilian to turn against his family, but if he picks it up so high and lets it go gently, then the Xiao Chen family may think he is easy to bully.So he gave Huilian the right to choose. If the Chen family wants to get Huilian's forgiveness, they will definitely apologize to her. In this way, Huilian may be able to reconcile with her relatives.

Although Huilian has always said that she will no longer have anything to do with the Chen family, Chen Xiansong can tell that she is actually quite painful in her heart. After all, she has lived here for more than ten years, even if her father and elder brother treat her It's not very good, but my mother loves her very much. When I think of turning against my mother's family in the future, I will be sad for a while at most, but maybe my mother will be implicated to a certain extent. This matter is like a thorn in my heart It's very uncomfortable.

After finishing speaking, Chen Xiansong began to drink tea slowly with his head down. He planned to leave Xiao Chen's house after Huilian came out.He is not stupid, once he thinks about a lot of things, he will understand a little bit, and after thinking about it, a lot of things will become clear. Now the little Chen family is probably because of the successor dispute, and Chen Guangde was sent to Kate Kingdom to take over. The salt road is the first step for Chen Zeqi to act...

Chen Xiansong didn't want to deal with such things.

Chen Xiansong stopped talking, and the two brothers Chen Zeqing and Chen Zeqi also looked at each other without speaking.Soon, Chen Zeqing also guessed something, and his face became more and more ugly.

Not long after, Huilian came out. When she saw Chen Zeqi, she was slightly taken aback, then bowed slightly, and said, "Thirteen met Uncle. It seems that you are still as tough as you were a year ago, old man."

Chen Zeqi laughed very clearly: "No, no, I am getting old, but you, after getting married, become more and more beautiful. Well, your husband is a genius, you have to be a good wife, take care of me Help your husband take care of everything at home."

"Yes!" Huilian bowed again. She didn't dislike her uncle. Although he agreed to marry herself to a barbarian, the person who made the idea was not him, but sixth uncle Chen Zeyi. Daddy, Chen Zeqi has always been very kind to her, so she will not get angry with her uncle because of her elder brother and father's affairs. Besides, if he hadn't agreed, how could she have met such a good man as her husband.

"Thirteen, let's go." Chen Xiansong finished drinking the weak tea in his cup, stood up, and Bai Qianxin also stood up.

Huilian bowed to her uncle again. When facing her father, she bit her lips lightly, with an indescribable look in her eyes, and finally sighed softly, bowed before leaving, no matter what she said, he It's her father, a salute is not too much.

After the three of them left, Chen Zeqing looked at Chen Zeqi with a dark face, and said, "Brother, it seems that you have a lot of things to hide from me. It's a shame that I trusted you so much before. Now that the son-in-law has already uncovered the matter A piece of curtain, I also know some things, so other things, big brother, don’t you mind telling me once.”

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Chen Zeqi said indifferently: "Hui Lian did marry into a barbarian land, but her husband is not a barbarian, but a scholar, that is, the Chen you just met. Xiansong. As a dowry, we got a salt road business, and then I sent Guangde there to help take care of the snow salt business."

"It sounds like you gave Guangde a fat job." Chen Zeqing sneered: "But you actually have other selfish intentions. You are trying to transfer Guangde away from Heluo City and keep him away from the family. Marginalize his influence in the family, right? Brother, I don’t understand, the eldest son of your family, Chen Guangrong, is completely muddy and can’t support the wall. If you really let him be the head of the family in the future, it will only harm our entire family. Clever, it is impossible not to understand."

"That's just your wild thinking." Chen Zeqi still had a calm look: "I sent Guangde there because I believed in his ability. That salt road is too important to our whole family. Among the younger generation, there are only He has the quality to manage."

"Besides, instead of questioning me now, you might as well think about how to persuade the heads of the family to save Guangde's life." Chen Zeqi stood up: "If you lose such a big thing as the salt road business, even the patriarch I can't afford it either, Guangde, even if he can live this time, his life will be difficult in the future."

After saying this, Chen Zeqi stood up, put his hands behind his back, and left in a very chic manner, leaving Chen Zeqing alone in the room with an uncertain expression on his face.